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.11AILS. A ItRIVED•••••I Dublin. Du E-3 Gottenburgh, 2. Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TMILVE O'CLOCK. Consols if ,H E SU N. sor...Att QUIS DICAIIM ELLSOM AI DICAT LONDON, THTIRSDAY, 4 OCTOBER 20, 1808. The Windsor Castle Packet is arrived at Falmouth, with Mails from New-York, which place she lett cm the loth ult. 'and Halifax on the 27th. ' We have received Boston Papers to the 14th ult. from which we have extra&ed the President's An- s.cer to the Address from Boston, relatiye to the Ern- bargo. The recent events which have occurred in Spain have very much. increased the indignation which pre vails im America against the Embargo, and it seems to be a general opinion, that unless that Measure is repealed at the Meeting of Congress, in November, that the consequences will be noost serious. The various parties are making the utrhost exertions to secure a majority of votes for their . favourite Candi date, at the next Eletlion for the PresidencY. The Federalists hope to be able to eleaMr. C. PINCKNEY or Mr. CLINTON. The Pamphlet of Mr. BARING, and the Speech of Mr. BROUGHAM, have been eagerly circulated in America by Mr. JEF F ERSON and his friends, to reconcile the People to the'Em bargo, by inducing them to believe that it- has pro. duced the most disastrous consequences to the Com merce of Great Britain. IPRESIDE2:T'S ANSWER TO THE lipgo,tkr PETITION. The following Answer to the PetitiOp of the I habitants of this town; from the President of the United States, was received on Tuesday by the Se led Men, and is now presented to the Public by their order. (Signed) Wu. COOPER, Town Clerk. Boston, Sept. 6, IBos. " lsigyst26, " I beg leave to communicate through you ) the inclosed Answer to the Repravintacion which came rne under cover from, you, and to add the assur- lances of my respeEt. (SI. bed) Charles Bullfinch, Esq. for the .Nlen oi Boston." " TH. JEFFLRSON.‘" i rJ the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in legal Tuwa Meeting assembled. " ;our representation and request were received on the 22d inst. and have been considered with the attention due to every expression of the sentiments a , d feelings of so respeaable body of my Fellow- Ci.izens. " No person has seen with mare concern than myself the income:lie:ides brought on our Country - in general by the circumstances of the tunes in which we happen -to live ; tinies to which the History tit Nations presents no.. parrallel. For years we have been looking- - as 'Spectators on our brethren of Europe, afTli6.l.ed "Withall, those evils which necessarily -follow an abandonmept of the moral rules which bind men and , natiOni together. Connthed with them in friendship and com merce, we have happily so far kept aloof from their calamitous condi:ls, by a steady observance of justice towards all, by much forbearance, and mil.. tiplied sacrifices, At, length, et er, all regard to - ttre - rights of others having beenahrown aside, the Belligerent Powers have beset the high way of commercial intercourse, with i tficts, - Which:taken together, expose our commerce and mariners, under almoSt every destination, a prey to their Fleets and Each - party indeed would admit our com merce with themselves, with the view of associating .us is areir :War against the other. But we have wi:;hed war With neither. Under these cirectu st'anc:.s, gassed tlw laws of which you com plain, by those delegated• tcvexercise the' power of legislation for" you, with eviity sympathy of a com uida interetit in exercising them faithfully. In reviewing- these raeasr.re4, therefore, we ihould advert to the difficulties out of which a choice was of necessity to be made. To have submitted our rightful commerce to.po.hibitions and tributary exactions from others, would have been to surrender car independence, To resist them : by arms was NNTr, without consulting the state of things., or.the choice of the Nation. 'The alteruatiN;e'p 4 re,'"dred by the Le gislature, of suspending a cOminerce qaced under „.., such unexampled difficulties, .4esitleiksavAw to our Citizens their property, and our -14Arihen':•to their country, has the peculiar advantagth of giving, tine 14) the Belligerent Nations to revise a condua as con trary to their interests, as it is to our rights. A' In the event of such Peace or Suspension of Hostilities between the Belligerent Powers of Eu • rope, or of such change in their , measures aaaing,. Neutral Commerce as may render that of the United States sudiciently in the judgment of the President he is authorised to suspend the E, ;cargo. rini es . But no peace or suspension of hostritics, no change affecting neutral commerce is kno.vn to have taken not only egregious folly, as well as indecency, in urging farther entreaty for what has been solemn'y pr i omised in the eyes of mankind, but a most illiberal spirit of frejudication, How can any of the Parties_ implicated in the 'Cdnverition be deemed culprits till they have beep put upon - their defence, -and till their guilt has been demonstrated, upon thecarest , and inti:st substantial grounds ? This.mode of treat log. men; one of whom in particular, previous to the Convention, had added lustre to the national charader,as well as exalted his own (before de servedly high in the estimation, not, only of Great , Britain, but wherever military talents of the' first rank are' . properly understood and duly respetled),." is monstrous. The opponents of Government, who, thus illiberally presume the guilt of men, shew , the cloven foot Of fat:lion, not.a love justice and a spirit • of candourp,. . But," say these advocates.for,forther Petitions to the Throne, ‘f it would bo savage to re= joice in the conviction' of aiay inen, however guilty." Mild Creatures !—They can find nothing savage in applying the most opprobrious epithets to men whose defence is unheard, an d who, for aught they know, - have dope the best for our Allies the the the case would admit. They can see nothing savage in thus infliding • punishnthnt before there is any proof of eilt. But we shall drop the subjeel • -for the present, not doubting that we shall be. fur nished too often-with occasion- to resutne•it • place. The Orders of England, and the ';Decrees France and Spain, existing at the date of those laws, are still unrepealed, as far as we koow. In Spain, indeed, a contest for the Government appears to have arisen ; but of its course ,or prospeds we have no in formation on which prudence would undertake a hasty change in our policy; even wore the autho rity of the Executive competent to such a decision. " You desire, that in this defect of power, Con gress may be specially convened. It' is' 6messary to examine the evidence, or the character of the faets which are supposed to diaate such a call ; because you will be sensible, on an attenion to dates, that the legal period of their meeting is as early as; in this extensive country, they could be fully convened by a special call. " I should With great 'willingness have .executed the wishes of the Inhabitants of the town of Boston, had peace, or a' repeal of the obnoxious Editls, or other changes, produced the case in ,which alone the laws have given me that authority; and so many motives of justice and interest lead to such changes, that we ought continually to expe6t them. But while these EdiEts remain,ilte Legislature alone can prescribe the course to be .pursued " Taos. ILFFERSON." " August 26, i8og:!" We. have received Portuguese Papers -to- the 3d instant : they contain little more than -. expressions Of joy for the deliverance of Portugal from the Ftench Banditti, and of Gratitude to their British Allies. It is most_ unlucky for the faaion in this Country, that not one solitary expression of discontent is to be found in any of the Papers which have reached this Country, from Portugal, relative to the .late Convention; and if it were not for the very ,inge nions device of writing Letters in London, and dating. them " Lisbon," the Opposition Prints would not have a shadow of evidence to - support thL:ir asser tions upon the subje&. The Portuguese • Gevern- - ment have issued an 'order, that all persons in pos , j session of the horses taken from the Spanish troops by the FrenCh should deliver them at the British Head-Quarters, where they would receive the sum they had paid for them. -In consequence this tneasure, most of the horses have been recovered, and the Spanish Cavalry re-mounted. Yesterday the Princess of WALES went to Ken sington, and rettirned to BlaCkheath to dinner.— Her !Royal Highness entertained her Royal Mother, the .D - ucheSs of BRUNSWICK, and a sele& partY. • His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND yesterday inspeeted his Regiment, at Rumford, .pre vious to their marching to Portsmotith, bn Saturday, - - .to embark for Spain., . , Sir Wrt. SCOTT arrived in. town yesterday aNr noon, about six o'clock, and had immediately a long conference with 'Ministers. — Sir JOHN MooRE is appointed Commander. in Chief of the British forces destined for Spain, haying under. him Lieutenant-General Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, As his second iu command. Lieutenant-General Sir DAyin BAIRD, with his division, which lately sailed. from Falmouth, is ordered dire& to; the Northern . Coast of Spain,' also , to as with Sir'JOHN MoiLEE's; force from Lisbon, which, when united .witif: this division, will make the total of the infantry nearly 40;000 men ; a body of light cavalry, amountingio 6000 under Lord PAGET, is also ordered to , act :with them. • Letters from Lisbon state, that transports were colle6ted in the Tagus for the embarkation of 20,000 -British troops for Spain. It appears that this em barkation has been thus long delayed only for the purpose of consulting the persons exercising the Powers of Government in Spain, as to the place in which they could be most advantageously employed. It has been agreed that they shall be landed, not in Biscay, whither it was hitherto thought they would certainly proceed, but in Catalonia, where the are supposed likely to WE should be ashamed of r't'r' 10 . fte ' •,- -nr-t n so o nto ob the Eastern P - retie gandwhere the 7 y French troops. from Italy e , the subject of the CoptientiOn of - Cintra, or ra the r t o there - is yet no strong disciplined force to oppose . the subject of. addressing the r throrreon•that Con-- , .. . - . • a vention,' if we did not . think that when party-spirit ' '.';‘, Twenty thousand - English soldiers, most of them them. • ''aPitcicipators in the glorious victory of Viuiiera, aided is so adively at work on the occasion, it is th e d uty by fIEDING'S envision of the Andalusi an A rmy, t h e • . ~.• of every loyal Citi zen to b e equally adive . in repellin g i conquerors of DifroNT, by a stroeg corpse dTtahed i from Arrac) on, and 6000 men from fhe garrison of Minorca, . its mischi evous endeavours., The Public ar e ; asked -•. norca, landed some time since, will oppcise, an by an Opposition Paper, th a t i s particularly anxious 1 invincible barrier to any irruption on this side, : and to promote Addresses on the occasion, " When, if I render the most important provi nce o f Spain. the ' • not now, are we to address - the Throne' upon so . most useful to the common cause. Intelligence is said to hav e been- received of the'. e- 1 ipa nful a subj e ct ?" W e are strongly inclined to b • ...A - ofDßatten's E x pe dition • I ' '• arrival 0. Sir D. _x r ecotion ott toe'colsr o; - . lieve that it is rather'a pleasurable than a painfu l 1 sp a i i i. Both the British and the Spanish' 'troops subject in the quarter alluded to, because it furnishes 1 from the Baltic would, it was Supposed, - land at Co somethingif it shall b e f oun d d anger o us to attempt the reviving the hope s o f a d esp rut , like a handl e for attacking Ali - Miters, and i ma t landing - at St. A n de ro . A t t hi s se as on Of , Cr: year, e.rate'actilion„ Bat bow 1> the, no, vastof Spain, from C 0 • I ape rtega to can the present be the only time for atlelresSinaathe i Bilboa, is often n ot su ffi c i ent l y s a f e f or the debarka- I • with stores. But upon this sul - a , 1 tion of an army its 5. ,- , Throne, when 'the Throne his .he en addressed by jea the most violent attacks have been made upon the City of London; • and his - M•aaas - ry has given an i i his Majesty's Ministers, as if they were loth:01)CW _Answer which fully concedes the, object in request ? i by a determination to hood troops as far as possible - - I from the scene of aelion— if they as y ..would Upon the old phil osop hi c ax i om, . " the greater in not land them cl ose , t o i t if t h ey cou ld d o i t with the .the less," a cotnplianc e with the entreaty of 1r ' - • • I .• saiet , the first City i n 'the world, ought ceatainl. y. ' y.. to give I Colonel .MARTIN, inspeaed the 3d Regiment o satisfaaion to every other place, and obviata the ne- i Lo'y'al London Volunteers yesterday, in , Lincoln'i cessity of any similar Address, since a ire ob Inn Gardens.jeCt is the : • Mr. MoNTAGUF. BUitOYNE, of Mnrie Hall, Essex, same. But if it was not a little disreSpectful to his ; h as ma de a te nd er to G overnment to ra i se, at his ovvn . ... MAJESTY; in th e first instance., to petition for an in- . Lexpcalco, a Regiment of Cavalry, to serve in Spain 1 Portugal. quirt', which might na t ura ll y by e xpected t o a r ise from l or - - r i _,. INDIA nous E.--2 -(7 esteruay a Court of Dire6tors his MAJESTY'S owo feelingsa'and attachment, to the ! was held, when Capt. JONATIIAN BIRCH was sworn honour of the Country, the disresped is greatly no g - t into.the conimand of the Co,:npany's. ship Britannia; ' merited on every rep e ti t i on , si n ce , as we have before t . j ourned at six o'clock tilt W ednesday next. consigned to Madras a n d Chi na . T he C ourt ad ! . contended, and, a s i n d ee d i s ev id ent, every repeti- i On Saturday a considerable de gree of gram was tion comes direilly, i n the face of the. Royal Promise. I On in Leith, in consequence of advises from What treatment would that man deserve, in private ; Dunbar that the Cygnet Sloop of War, Captain Dtx; d been suddenly, in a violent cr:ile betwee had taken , n life, who, when he had' been told,by a person whose 1. Redcastle and St. Abbe:s Head; i n which she-was eharatier was so pure, so b onouna bl e, and.s o firm i , obliged to cut away her masts, and w a g i n d ange r of • as to preclude the possibility of -distrust; that what I being driven on shore. Great praise is due to Ad= miral VasHON for his eXertiOns; for immbdiately:bil he solicited should b e g i ven, was to ' persevere in I ' worrying I receiving the int e lli gence , t h e Spi t f ire Sloo p-- 4 War requisitions ? Surely if a private_ individual , and a Gun brig were dispatched to her assistance ;of character , not only Unimpeached, but in the and the life-boat, with a . number of NeWhaVan . Fishermen, Who volunteered their services tbs mi lt highest degree honourable and observant of his ! - , word, and anxious t o fulfil her,accompanied by several n ava l Off icers, were it, should b e exempted i off inthe naval Istorehouse. ; sent from insulting persecution, His MAJESTY has still : horses. The Ship was happily in safety before this greater reason to expect that he should be free:from : 'assistance, atforelett'With 'Such laudable promptitude, • ! arrived. The latest accounts mention the Cygnet I a- • • , ' ' iii , A.' - - ei 1. ' .was suca ouenstve importunity, since s nay, , being seen in tow-Of the Spitfire,, steering for Leith aiven in the face of the wh o l e wor ld, and will re- : R oads. - ta . ceive the stamp of history. B u t th e perturbed siii- ', Th from T i . _ . The order enaa t ' - embargo ae" o in) an 0n..,,,, rits Who vent their si ;:aen on thi s s u bj e a . , : an d 'Americans arrived 'at Trieste too late to prevetatahe . sailing .of sever=al vessels belongina• to the Unite(' are incessantla labouring 1 to -,.;_sturb the public - States, - They 3, ley took the aelvanrag - e• of one of our.C4 n i t peace, ask if the Throne should be addr.Zed " alter ti.,, vs protection, and all of them escaped, excep the condemnation of the culprits 1" ligre we find one laden witlfl*Xp.: which was detained. '''• • Some very interesting Letters will be fouridln a subsequent Column from Admiral IVIouLA to - Mr. DUPF, the British Consul-General- in: Spain, upon the subject of the Commercial Intercourse between this Country and Spain. NAVAL. N.W§ PLYMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Defirvz.e, of 74 guns, from Corunn3. The Insolent Qun 7 brig, with-a Fleet of Viduallers under convoy for Corunna, sailed this morning, bat ik6re obliged to put back again, oing to contrary . The Seine Frigate and Peacock -Sloop of War era come into Harbour. FALMOUTH', OCT. 17.—A - rrived his Majesty's Ship 4rn42zon, from. Plymouth. Sailed his .Majesty's Ship ,Cricket, for COrunna: DEAL, OCT. 19.--Remain in the Downs a large Fleet of outward-bound VesselS, Transports, and Ships of Wafas per last. • PORTSITOUTII; OCT. 19.—Arrived his Majesly'i Ships Iris and Szvallow, with the following 'Frans ports, havihg on board gOOO Spanish Sheep from Gijon, viz. the Robert .and Ann; Captain MARTIN ; Calista, ROBINSON; ,Oporto, CAiIIE ; TtidniaS, BRAMIILEB ;•".11egard, Auk; Boreas, DAilDsoN ; and thelt,Tentor. Also arrived the.Nerclaant Schooner Patriot; from Spain. The Decade Frigate at Cork ig appointed cnnrcy for the West Indies; her time of sailing is not fixed, ibere.being,but few vessels assembled. Notwithstanding the . repe - med - assertions : to the •_ , . contrary; we can again confidently. repeat, that there, are at Lisbon Transports fully sufficient for 22,00 0 men. If, any delay h a s oc curre d i n t h e sa ili ng o f ou r .army, the cause of the delay will probably bo found to reA in a quarter to which it.is not now imputed: a The herring fishery seems to promise an abundalAt harvest to the Deal fishermen, a great number being brought in every clay by . their fishing': boats. The herrings were selling on Tuesday on the coast at •a , ' t ( A t irty fora shilling. ' 'the late.. Revolution at Constantinople has pre vented Mr. Ap,Oal from proceeding to that Capital. He was at Malta on the sth ult. expeaing to be immediately recalled. To-morrow- fortnight, the 4th o f November, i 5 the night whi c h th e Proprietors of the late Theatre Royal, Covent-garden, have seleeled for a Benefit Play at the Opera Hotise, the profits of which are to be distributed amongst the. Sufferers by the recent conflagration.. BARRirmoRE has not been able to regain his station at„Dr:riry-lane Theatre, where the public would rt 9 doubt be glad to. see him again, as he is a very Use' e fial Aaor, if not a great one. It is alWays foolish ill London performers to quarrel with Managers; for though it is not improbable that in such disputes both sides are to blainv, yet the latter can most easily help themselves; and the former cannot find so good a market, for their talents. i The public doubtless read with disgust the daily attacks upon the Patentees of Covent Garden Theo tre, and particularly on KENBLE, as they are ground , ed . upon the lass of the Theatre, a eitcumstanco / which has been a source oi regret and liberal. vat' / pai,by to all bat the authors (11-; such attacks. motives to which these attacks are imputed render them still worse, and we hope we' have been mis led as, to tbeir nature, ,and that they, rather originate in wanton4evity, than disappointment, and,a vindic tlye spirit.. ..: .The 'Musical Farce left by Mr. ToBtN, the. author of 'The Honey .1116on,•is net likely to be lost to the public, tiiough the play-house copy fell in the la" mentable, wreck, of Covent-Gardeo Theatre, as 3 rough copy was preserved by the brother of the an ;thor ;._and though the music by SHIELD was UM' tioi,4,deStrOye‘l at the same time, yet the taste , ..fair9y,and teeling of the musician will' readily enable hitu_to supply a substitute. The Greetiolt Theatre, which was lately built by , Mr. SI4I'IIE2,T ISEMBLE, has been opened for Some time, . and has been very successful, and is likely t°, be more so. N ew C h anne l s o f commerce will afford scopb for the aaive and enterprising spirit of drat phice. Mr. BARRY, an aaor of considerable wat and BARTLEY, l a t e of Drury,-Lane Theatre, are' e ti rts principal Performers. S TEI ' HEN K EISI R LE also qO. himself as actor as well as Manager, and' A.EmBLE, with health 're-established, is a gr fa. eat a • g • , votirite, - as may na t ur all y b e sup p osed, eons iderin i the h.i.gh reputation w hi c h s h e, deservedly acquil°- on the London boards. The. Company a ltogether, accOrding.to report,• is equa l, it n ot super i or to that :of any Provinci a l Th e a tre. Cooks performed there with great success'abt;ut three weeks ago, and w:l4 much admired; particul a rly as h e was ver y regu l ar , assiduous; and zealous, through the whole ti me he was in the• plaCe. It is said that CORRI, the musical Composer, 11 0 refused to let the Managers of Drury-lane Th ea tre have his Scholar, who has been 'arinortnced I ° l. Polly, in The Beggars' Opera, because they havq refused to take his wife: EXTRAORDINARY LONOEYITY.—LateIy t il e d I irl the village of Aberfeldie, Perthshire, John Steuart' commonly known by the name of Colonel Jo h° Stet art, at the very advanced age of't II years. To history of this man is not a little. 'remarkable*: the age of 18 he join e d th e Pretender's* banners, r‘o nas present at the battle of Sheriff Muir, near Silt' jing,-as'a young Pipe r . 'l n t h e y• -a r 1745, be . aiai l) , took up aims in support of the pretensions of t ile Ffou - se of Stewaii, and was; present in the 'Same Ca: . l'fiatity,.in time battles of Fa kirk Preston an u Pans, , ralinden, in whi c h l ast h e rece i ved a severe wo no!) , Mahe thigh, in consegt o ence of which be'was 5° $, 'l le, that he made use of crutches ever alter. Fi e / w.,S Married to eight wives, by each of whom, C% cei t the . last, he had several 'children; • The rimy' bet of his off s pri ng now alive is calculated to be more k than 200.' He'was by trade a tinker, and . was re'marll ably famous for making Highland dirks and soon mulls. Resretairied to the lat,the full possession 0 ,. ,' his rreitta/ faculties, an d wa lk e d to church, W hic h is at the distance of a mile and a half from hi,; house, the Sunday before his death. The late Sir Willing "F e P r li• - 6 - s - -- 0 ; 6 ,2 . inburgh, generously alloWed him, for many years back s bis 4e.ath was more owin e m to L"^ess in drinking loe 4 ,„:„ 4 annum. It is believed that 4.-Q ' - • 'l' let Whisl6y, of -which beverage he was alwa . ye r ` * fond,, than to any -natural . decay. I I 4;